Attributes give additional information about the HTML tags. All elements can have attributes, these are always specified with start tag.
Example: name=”value”
href attribute: HTML links are specified using anchor tag <a> and the address links are written in the href tag attribute.
Example:
<a href="https://www.learnsimpli.com">This is a link</a>
Source attribute: images in the HTML are displayed using the tag <img>, the address link of the image is defined in the <img> attribute.
Example:
<img src="http://www.learnsimpli.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HTML.png">
Width and height attribute: height and width of the image are defined in pixels in the example you can see the width is defined 500 pixels wide and height is defined 600 pixels.
Example:
<img src="http://www.learnsimpli.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HTML.png" width="500" height="600">
The alt Attribute:alt the attribute depicts an alternative text to be used. The value of the alt attribute can be read on the web page.
Example:
<img src="horse.jpg" alt="a beautiful Horse">
The style Attribute: style attribute is used to specify the styling of an element, like colour, font, size etc.
Example:
<p style="color:blue">This is a paragraph.</p>
The lang Attribute: The language of the document can be declared in the HTML with a lang attribute. declaring a language helps the reader to understand the language of the document.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <body> ... </body> </html>
The title Attribute: title attribute is added to the <p> element. The value of the title attribute will be displayed as a tooltip.
Example:
<p title="I'm a tooltip"> This is a paragraph. </p>
HTML Attributes
| Attribute | Description of the attribute |
|---|---|
| alt | Specifies an alternate text for an image, when the image cannot be displayed |
| disabled | Specifies that an input element should be disabled |
| href | Specifies the URL (web address) for a link |
| id | Specifies a unique id for an element |
| src | Specifies the URL (web address) for an image |
| style | Specifies an inline CSS style for an element |
| title | Specifies extra information about an element (displayed as a tooltip) |
Note: In HTML both single quote and double quotes can be used to define attributes
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